Dive Canisters - Help!

[grahamsp]

I have looked everywhere I can think of for a dive canister to carry my personal EPIRB (see http://www.gme.net.au/epirb/mt310.html for details) but without much luck. The only product I have been able to find is the McMurdo dive canister (http://www.mcmurdo.co.uk/?Menu=17&Page=/Contents/ListProducts.asp&ID=1094). This is an outstanding product rated to 150 metres and purpose built to carry their FastFind range of P-EPIRB's but is over-engineered for my specific needs (dives to 40 metres maximum) and is not cheap.

Does anyone know of any other suppliers of pressure and water-proof dive canisters?

Thanks in advance.

 

[r37691]

OMS (Omsdive.com) also makes a canister, Give their site a look through.
Bob

 

[grahamsp]

I had a look as suggested but their canisters are too small for the job sadly. However, as luck would have it I bumped into a guy at my LDS and he suggested I look at Otterbox -
http://www.otterbox.com - and their 3000 is just right. Finally a solution! My EPIRB and a smoke/flame distress marker sit happily inside it with the box tucked away at the back underneath my wing very neatly. The one negative is that the box is only rated to 100 feet so I'll have to watch that.

Palau (and some very serious but safe drift diving) here I come!

Rgds,

Graham

 

[mempilot]

Try making a canister out of PVC. My buddy made a dive light canister in this method and it has stayed dry down to 135. Look in the DIY forum.

 

[tedwhiteva]

Try making a canister out of PVC. My buddy made a dive light canister in this method and it has stayed dry down to 135. Look in the DIY forum.

The canister light canisters will serve your purpose whenever you want to go below 100 - dive rite may be negotiable.

 

[Boogie711]

Stealthdive makes blank cannisters with a plug lid... rated for a heck of a lot more than 100 feet. Check www.stealthdive.com. It would suck to destroy an EPIRB just because it was stored in a box that couldn't do the job.

 

[grahamsp]

Try making a canister out of PVC. My buddy made a dive light canister in this method and it has stayed dry down to 135. Look in the DIY forum.

Suffice it to say that when I tried this approach, my first prototype (made of 4 inch uPVC) imploded with one hell of a bang at 27 metres! Scared the s**t out of me and my dive buddy nearly had a heart attack. My second prototype - 3 inch uPVC inside an outer sleeve of 4 inch uPVC - refused to seal properly no matter what I tried. I think I score less than zero on the mechanical aptitude scale. As a consequence I'm a bit reluctant to try again.

Stealthdive makes blank cannisters with a plug lid... rated for a heck of a lot more than 100 feet. Check www.stealthdive.com. It would suck to destroy an EPIRB just because it was stored in a box that couldn't do the job.

Spoke to Dan Scoville of Stealthdive this morning. Sadly, his canisters (built to carry batteries) are too small which is pretty much the problem across the board.

Thanks. I guess I'll keep looking.

Graham

 

[Padipro]

Check out the link below for lots of pictures and instructions on the DIY lights. Just make the canister and lid and it should work just great. I'm the one Memilot was talking about. I've used the light on several dozen dives to about 40 meters and have never had any trouble with it flooding or imploding. I've also made several video camera housings using the same stuff and they have worked equally well. You need to use the thick walled plumbing PVC tubing not the thin walled electrical stuff.

DIY Lights

 

[grahamsp]

Check out the link below for lots of pictures and instructions on the DIY lights. Just make the canister and lid and it should work just great. I'm the one Memilot was talking about. I've used the light on several dozen dives to about 40 meters and have never had any trouble with it flooding or imploding. I've also made several video camera housings using the same stuff and they have worked equally well. You need to use the thick walled plumbing PVC tubing not the thin walled electrical stuff.

DIY Lights

Thanks - some great stuff there. Off to the snow tomorrow for a week and then I'll try again. Wish me luck on both counts - my skiing is only marginally better than my mechanical aptitude!